HEXHAM YOUTH INITIATIVE
Registered charity 1166157 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Hexham Youth Initiative provides a safe environment where children and young people can receive information, advice and support, develop their own projects and play a full and active part in community life. We run a youth cafe, drop-in sessions and a host of specialist sessions - for example, Duke of Edinburgh, Girls Group, Young Carers as well as providing mentoring and counselling.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £16,123 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £321,808 against total costs of £305,685. However, the trustees' report notes that the charity's unrestricted reserves of £16,617 were below its stated policy target of approximately £50,000, representing only one month's operating costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £17k; policy: three months' operating costs, currently circa £50k)
“At 31 March 2025 unrestricted funds held amounted to 1.0 month’s operating costs (2024: 1.4 months), and therefore this policy was not met.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“the charity’s forecast shows that it will be able to continue as a going concern for at least the next twelve months. As usual, the charity will require additional external funding if it is to continue over the longer term.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Aggregate donations from trustees or related parties were £120
“Aggregate donations from trustees or related parties were £120 (2024: £400). There were no donations from related parties outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (28/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (31/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- DIANE HARRISchair
- Beverley Patricia Kempson
- Jonathan Raymond Alexander Hill
- KATHY WHITE WEBSTER
- Leonie Claire Serbrock
- ROSEMARY EILEEN THEOBALDS · trustee of 2 other charities
- Ranald Harris
- Stephen Ball · trustee of 1 other charity
- TONY FRED WEBSTER
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northumberland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HEXHAM YOUTH INITIATIVE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £16,123 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £321,808 against total costs of £305,685. However, the trustees' report notes that the charity's unrestricted reserves of £16,617 were below its stated policy target of approximately £50,000, representing only one month's operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds HEXHAM YOUTH INITIATIVE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HEXHAM YOUTH INITIATIVE as a grant recipient include E C GRAHAM BELFORD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.
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